Question:

Angle between $y^{2}=x$ and $x^{2}=y$ at the origin is

Updated On: Apr 18, 2024

$2 \, tan^{-1} \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)$
$tan^{-1} \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\frac{\pi}{4}$

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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

It is clear from the graph that both the curves have a tangent at the coordinate axes, so the angle between the curves is $\frac{\pi}{2}$

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Application of Derivatives

Various Applications of Derivatives-

Rate of Change of Quantities:

If some other quantity ‘y’ causes some change in a quantity of surely ‘x’, in view of the fact that an equation of the form y = f(x) gets consistently pleased, i.e, ‘y’ is a function of ‘x’ then the rate of change of ‘y’ related to ‘x’ is to be given by

$\frac{\triangle y}{\triangle x}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}$

This is also known to be as the Average Rate of Change.

Increasing and Decreasing Function:

Consider y = f(x) be a differentiable function (whose derivative exists at all points in the domain) in an interval x = (a,b).

If for any two points x₁ and x₂ in the interval x such a manner that x₁ < x₂, there holds an inequality f(x₁) ≤ f(x₂); then the function f(x) is known as increasing in this interval.
Likewise, if for any two points x₁ and x₂ in the interval x such a manner that x₁ < x₂, there holds an inequality f(x₁) ≥ f(x₂); then the function f(x) is known as decreasing in this interval.
The functions are commonly known as strictly increasing or decreasing functions, given the inequalities are strict: f(x₁) < f(x₂) for strictly increasing and f(x₁) > f(x₂) for strictly decreasing.

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